Studies show that high-speed internet is cooling the earth. Or something close to that. Read this article I found a few weeks ago on news.com and then get straight to earth cooling!

“How would faster downloads and Web page loads curb the annual flow of globe-warming gases, and by how much? According to the report:

Telecommuting, a “zero emission” practice, eliminates office space and car commutes: 588 million tons.
E-commerce cuts the need for warehouses and long-distance shipping: 206 million tons.
Widespread teleconferencing could bring one-tenth of all flights to a halt: 200 million tons.
Downloading music, movies, newspapers, and books saves packaging, paper, and shipping: 67 million tons.”

How bout them apples?

-Travis

A good question isn’t it? Hmmm, strangely enough, my email box has NOT filled up with anxious pleas for my whereabouts, safety and much less… another post. Regardless, here I am, again.

Where have I been? Its been a looooong 6 weeks or so since my last post. I have a three part answer to the question you didn’t ask.

Reason 1 I have been here at SSCC’s new building. I was coordinating audio, video and lighting guys most of December and into January. Long hours there led to late night laptop work and just down right exhaustion. Follow that up with a week of moving our offices and a weekend more of audio/video systems guys in town and you get… well, you get nothing as far as you are concerned. Nothing, and you will like it.

Reason 2 I always said that if I didn’t have anything nice to say, I wouldn’t say it. Hmmm, wait, that isn’t quite it. Unfortunately I will sometimes say not-so-nice things. What I DID say was that I never wanted to blog for the sake of blogging or even worse, for the sake of driving traffic. So, that reason, in the midst of reasons 1 & 3, played largely into my silence. I just didn’t feel like I had anything that anyone else wanted to hear.

Reason 3 My daughter was born! Gracie is here!

I just love this picture of her yawning that I took earlier tonight. I think she is bored of my blog or something. Anyway… we welcomed her to the world Monday, January 14th, at 7:49 pm. She was 6lbs, 12.8oz and 19 inches long. (Shouldn’t it be tall? I think she is only a few inches “long” really.) All are healthy on the mom-daughter end. And we are adjusting to that whole “being responsible for another human life” thing.

So that is where I have been. Thanks for asking and I will see you soon!

-Travis

This is a blog post I came across earlier. I think it should spark interesting discussion. Chime in with your two cents.

What do we do in our churches that would anger Jesus if He visited this Sunday? Do we ever turn parts of His Father’s house into something other than a place of worship?

-Travis